Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Correlative preclinical studies demonstrated broad activity for E6201 across BRAF V600E mutant melanoma cell lines and effective BBB penetration in vivo. 30264293

2019

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Overall these data highlight the potential of ganetespib as a single-agent or combination treatment in BRAF(V600E)-driven melanoma, particularly as a strategy to overcome acquired resistance to selective BRAF inhibitors. 24398428

2014

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Among 23 melanomas located at body sites with chronic UV exposure, only a single tumour harboured the B-raf V599E mutation (4%), which was a significantly lower frequency in comparison to melanomas from sun-protected body sites (26%; Fisher's exact test, p=0.038; odds ratio, 7.59). 16773193

2006

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Thus, when present, BRAF(V599E) appears to be essential for melanoma cell viability and transformation and, therefore, represents an attractive therapeutic target in the majority of melanomas that harbor the mutation. 14500344

2003

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Patients with BRAF V600E mutation-positive melanoma who were assigned to 150 mg dabrafenib twice daily combined with 2 mg trametinib once daily in a phase I/II study showed a median overall survival (OS) of 23.8 months, compared with 20.2 months for patients assigned to dabrafenib alone [hazard ratio (HR)=0.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.43-1.24; data cutoff March 2013], on the basis of an intention-to-treat analysis. 26340744

2015

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Both melanomas carried the V600E BRAF mutation. 24942556

2014

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Salmonella typhimurium A1-R targeting of a chemotherapy-resistant BRAF-V600E melanoma in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model is enhanced in combination with either vemurafenib or temozolomide. 28622068

2017

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Immunohistochemistry as a quick screening method for clinical detection of BRAF(V600E) mutation in melanoma patients. 24563339

2014

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE We previously reported that rMETase, administrated by intra-peritoneal injection (ip-rMETase), could inhibit tumor growth in a patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) model of a BRAF-V600E mutant melanoma. 29187018

2018

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE The BRAF V600E genotype and an absence of primary melanoma ulceration were also independently associated with longer PFS but not OS. 26218930

2015

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Using primary melanocytes isolated directly from freshly excised human nevi naturally expressing the common BRAF(V600E)-activating mutation, nevi progressing to melanoma, and normal melanocytes engineered to inducibly express BRAF(V600E), we show that BRAF activation results in reversible, TGFβ-dependent, p15 induction that halts proliferation. 26183406

2015

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Accurate detection of BRAF p.V600E mutations in challenging melanoma specimens requires stringent immunohistochemistry scoring criteria or sensitive molecular assays. 25228337

2014

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Notably, the BRAF(V600E)</span> mutation is also present in 50-70% of melanomas. 26787892

2016

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE In conclusion, we used highly sensitive BRAF mutation detection methods and observed substantial evidence for heterogeneity of the BRAF(V600E) mutation within individual melanoma tumor specimens, and among multiple specimens from individual patients. 22235286

2012

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE MEK inhibitors are clinically active in BRAF(V600E) melanomas but only marginally so in KRAS mutant tumors. 24746704

2014

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE This study indicates that the V600</span>E mutation is present in metastatic melanomas and occurs more often in sites without chronic sun exposure. 20944096

2010

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE To anticipate possible resistance to ERK inhibitors (ERKi), we used SCH772984 (SCH) as a model ERKi to characterize resistance mechanisms in two BRAF V600E melanoma cell lines. 30833419

2019

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE CRAF inhibition induces apoptosis in melanoma cells with non-V600E BRAF mutations. 18794803

2009

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Inhibition of SHH-GLI pathway by the novel small molecule inhibitor of smoothened NVP-LDE225 was followed by inhibition of cell growth and induction of apoptosis in human melanoma cell lines, interestingly with both BRAF(V600E</span>) and BRAF(Wild Type) status. 23935925

2013

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE This study thus defined SPRY4 as a potential mediator of synthetic suppression, which is likely to contribute to the observed exclusivity between BRAF(V600E) and NRAS(Q61R) mutations in melanoma. 30651601

2019

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE We detected Fn14 expression in ∼60% of the melanoma cell lines we tested, including both B-Raf WT and B-Raf(V600E) lines. 23190886

2013

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Collectively, our findings implicate a new mechanism through which B-Raf(V600E) exerts its oncogenic effects in melanoma. 18071315

2008

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Consistent with this prediction, combinations of I3C and Vemurafenib more potently inhibited melanoma cell proliferation and reduced MITF-M levels in BRAF-V600E expressing melanoma cells compared to the effects of each compound alone. 26878440

2017

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE The combination of a BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib and a MEK inhibitor trametinib (CombiDT) has improved outcomes compared with chemotherapy or BRAF inhibitor monotherapy in advanced BRAF V600E/K melanoma. 30661097

2019

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.800 GeneticVariation BEFREE Patients with rare <i>BRAF</i> mutations can respond to targeted therapy, however, efficacy seems to be lower compared with V600E mutated melanoma. 31580757

2019